Laura Smith (Canadian politician)
Laura Smith | |
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 Smith in 2023 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Thornhill | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Gila Martow |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
Laura Smith MPP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. She represents the riding of Thornhill as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[1] Smith previously managed a litigation company.[2] She currently serves as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Housing).[3][4]
Electoral history
| 2025 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Laura Smith | 22,829 | 63.99 | +10.70 | ||||
| Liberal | Ben Dooley | 10,105 | 28.33 | –1.36 | ||||
| New Democratic | Faiz Qureshi | 1,282 | 3.59 | –4.22 | ||||
| Green | Marcelo Levy | 768 | 2.15 | –1.19 | ||||
| New Blue | Luca Mele | 523 | 1.47 | –1.23 | ||||
| Moderate | Aleksei Polyakov | 170 | 0.48 | +0.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,677 | |||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 378 | 1.05 | +0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,055 | 39.91 | –0.08 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 90,343 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +6.03 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Thornhill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Laura Smith | 18,395 | 53.28 | −7.84 | ||||
| Liberal | Laura Mirabella | 10,247 | 29.68 | +14.90 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jasleen Kambo | 2,698 | 7.82 | −11.51 | ||||
| Green | Daniella Mikanovsky | 1,155 | 3.35 | +1.14 | ||||
| New Blue | Yakov Zarkhine | 931 | 2.70 | |||||
| Ontario Party | Igor Tvorogov | 351 | 1.02 | |||||
| Independent | Jacob Joel Ginsberg | 261 | 0.76 | |||||
| No affiliation | Hiten Patel | 195 | 0.56 | |||||
| Moderate | Aleksei Polyakov | 105 | 0.30 | −0.07 | ||||
| Independent | Brandon Ying | 100 | 0.29 | |||||
| Freedom of Choice | Roman Pesis | 84 | 0.24 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 34,522 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 298 | |||||||
| Turnout | 34,820 | 39.88 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 87,082 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −11.37 | ||||||
Source(s)
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References
- ^ Team, Torstar Open Data (2022-06-02). "PC Laura Smith wins in Thornhill". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Laura Smith Nominated as Ontario PC Candidate for Thornhill". PC Party of Ontario. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Laura Smith | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Ontario Newsroom". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "VOTE TOTALS FROM OFFICIAL TABULATION" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.